Other Ore

Some bummer news, I am going to be shutting down my studio. This space has been amazing, but as life would have it things change. I planned to spend countless hours here working on jewelry, listening to music, hosting friends and planning my retail spaces. But the reality became that I could hardly ever make it here. I missed nights out with friends and time my family and it started to stress me out to make time for it rather than it be a place of creative refuge.

I think it’s OK sometimes to admit you can’t do it all. Having three kids, a full-time job, a father nearing the end of his life, while also prepping my first born to go off to college was mission overload for me. For the first time in a long while I felt anxiety creeping in and rather than try to power through like I always do, I peeled the layers back and realized the burden of a studio, the cost, the guilt, the lack of time was something I could change. So back to my basement studio it is for now.

I am so grateful for this space, my Landlord, Steven Tartar and the last 9 months that I got to be a part of the community at Studio Of. Maybe one day when life isn’t so hard, I’ll find another light filled space that I can actually enjoy.

Found the cutest school of monkey pod fish when I was in Michigan recently. This lovely mcm salad set and some other really great MCM decor will arrive at the OtherOre showroom URBANITE PDX tomorrow. 🐟 🐠

I recently took a trip to NOLA with my first born.

We ate our way through the Magazine Street. Listenend to Jazz on Frenchman, explored the French Quarter both day and night, got a sugar high from too many beignets, drifted through the Garden District, road the streetcar across town, tipped street buskers, spent a day at Tulane and strolled the Audubon.

We even hit up an estate sale amongst the lazy lousiana mansions. We took this little crawfish 🦞 home with us. Just looking at it has me craving some Étouffée!

Alas we find ourselves back in dreary Portland missing the sunshine, magnolia blooms & Spanish moss☀️

Its an restock day, but make it coastal. 🌊

The showroom is officially Winter Ocean: dark water, soft light, and that Oregon storm energy, and yes…it’s my once-a-year 30% OFF sale. In fact every showroom is on sale this month only 🤍

So stop by and check out all the meticulously curated, hand crafted items to elevate your heart and your home.

🌊vintage seascape oil paintings
🐋brass sea-creature sculptures
📖 coffee table books for peak rainy-day perusing 🦅PNW Native inspired carver wooden objects
💎handcrafted jewelry
🎅🏻 Xmas tidbits to stock for next year
🍷elegant vintage glassware